Tax SME

Job Summary

Entity: Finance

Job Family Group: Tax Group

Job Description:

The Global Business Service Tax Team is to deliver value adding services and process transformation for the various business units within the Refining & Marketing Division of BP by providing enhanced control and risk management, creating process efficiencies and delivering resource efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Adhere to tasks outlined in the EMS/QMS Systems of EBSC.
• Prepare draft returns in a timely and accurate manner with a relatively high degree of complexity.
• Carry out validations / reconciliations for countries supported (especially follow up on failed reconciliations / validations).
• Carry out balance sheet reconciliation (BSI) work on VAT matters for businesses / countries supported.
• Calculate data additions and corrections.
• Prepare VAT Accounting Journal to be posted by Finance teams for indirect tax transactions/payments.
• Resolve queries and issues as they arise typically directly with the Country Finance / Tax teams, escalating for support from Line Manager or Senior Analyst on an exceptional basis only.
• Work with the Team Leader and Country Finance / tax teams to understand priorities and work to deliver against these as required.
• Work to be carried out in accordance with the timetables ensuring proper documentation on process activities performed and data used / created.
• Look for opportunities to improve their own processes to create efficiencies and control improvements with their own area of work.
• Respond to tax audit related questions.

Essential Education, Experience and Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or equivalent.
• 4 to 5 years' experience in related Indirect Tax Accounting and Reporting area.
• Process and project management experience 1+ years.
• Experience in VAT Group consolidation tasks, partial exemption calculation. Experience in other tax compliance and reporting activities (such as excise, environmental tax, direct taxes, WHT, etc) is an advantage.
• Solid problem-solving skills. Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across matrix organizations.
• Proven track record demonstrating ability to interact with and influence people at senior level within the organization.
• Experience in being part of defining and delivering technology projects would be an advantage.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life! These benefits can include flexible working options, paid parental leave policy among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.